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"It was the straying that found the path direct." - Austin Osman Spare
In the final throes of the Blitz, Austin Osman Spare is the only salvation for Marlene, an artist escaping a traumatic past. Wandering Southwark's ruins she encounters Paddy Hughes, a fugitive of another kind. Falling under Marlene's spell Hughes agrees to seek out her lost mentor, the man she calls The Satyr. Yet Marlene's past will not rest as the mysterious Doctor Charnock pursues them, trying to capture the patient she'd once caged. The Satyr is a tale inspired by the life and ethos of sorcerer and artist Austin Osman Spare.
Another three novellas of occult enchantment follow: a bookseller discovers that his late wife knew the Devil, in the Carpathian Mountains refugees shelter in a museum devoted to a forgotten author, and in Prague a portraitist must paint a countess whose appearance is never the same twice.
This omnibus is comprised of The Satyr (2010) and The Bestiary of Communion (2011); newly illustrated, expanded, and revised.
Author: Stephen J. Clark
Publisher: Swan River Press
Published: 04/30/2021
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9781783807413
ISBN10: 1783807415
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Ghost
- Fiction | Occult & Supernatural
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